Nail your mail!

One of the banes of my existence is mail. In spite of taking many steps to reduce the amount I get, there is still a lot and it takes a lot of vigilance to stay on top of it. Today at Lifehack there is a great post on how to deal with mail. I use a lot of the steps myself.

As mentioned in the post, I start by sorting my mail into 3 piles - recycle, shred and act on. Many people may disagree with me on this, but I process my mail in batches. If I can, I pull out the recyclable items right away, but if not everything goes in my mail drawer for batch processing a few days later. I just find it more efficient to do more mail at a time. If I have to sit down and pull out my checkbook, file things or check dollar amounts, it's just easier to do it all at once. I intentionally have a very small mail drawer though, so I can only go a few days without processing.

Like the poster, I shred everything with my name or address on it. When in doubt, I shred it. In our neighborhood, the trash is rifled through many times before being picked up so I don't take chances with my shredding.



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